Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version

Leviticus 20:7-14 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

7. “Be special. Make yourselves holy, because I am the Lord your God.

8. Remember and obey my laws. I am the Lord. And I have made you my special people.

9. “Whoever curses their father or mother must be put to death. They cursed their father or mother, so they are responsible for their own death!

10. “If a man has sexual relations with his neighbor’s wife, both the man and the woman are guilty of adultery and must be put to death!

11. If a man has sexual relations with his father’s wife, both the man and the woman must be put to death. They are responsible for their own death. It is as if that man had sexual relations with his father!

12. “If a man has sexual relations with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have committed a terrible sexual sin! They are responsible for their own death.

13. “If a man has sexual relations with another man as with a woman, they have committed a terrible sin. They must be put to death. They are responsible for their own death.

14. “It is a sexual sin if a man has sexual relations with a woman and her mother. The people must burn that man and the two women in fire! Don’t let this sexual sin happen among your people.